NEW DELHI, April 8 (PTI) - With coordination issues between Central and State forces being raised in the wake of the Dantewada massacre, the CRPF today said it is conducting anti- Maoist operations in close consulation with Chhattisgarh police and a joint offensive will be carried out.
"We will do our planning in close consultation with the state DGP and the State officers. We will have good coordination with them and it will be a joint plan," CRPF Director General Vikram Srivastava said referring to the intensification of the anti-Naxal operations.
Issues relating to coordination among police forces were at the centre of Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's discussions with the officials of the Chhattisgarh police and paramilitary forces during his visit to the state yesterday in the aftermath of the killing of 75 CRPF men and one policeman by the Naxals in Dantewada.
